Location

SAINT LOUIS, MO 63110

Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

Manages Department of Pediatrics research related purchasing operation and provides day to day oversight.

Job Description

• Manages research related purchasing workflow, including assignment of duties and responsibilities to the accounting coordinators.
• Maintains awareness of purchasing/transaction volume and proactively reassigns transaction processing responsibilities to ensure all transactions are processed in a timely manner and that workload is allocated equitably among staff.
• Provides day to day oversight of financial transactions, assuring proper coding and documentation of all expenditures.
• Maintains a thorough up to date knowledge of university policies and procedures, as well as Uniform Guidance cost allowability regulations. Facilitates financial processes to ensure, efficient, accurate and timely completion of all transactions.
• Monitors the oversight and processing of financial transactions, including check requests, purchase orders, subcontract payments, interdepartmental invoices, free balance invoices, travel reports and travel advances, procurement card transactions, journal entries and wire transfers.
• May have a small portfolio and will serve as a backup for direct reports.
• Reviews purchases for addition to floater insurance inventory as appropriate. In consultation with department manager/area director, determines appropriate account/grant fund to be charged.
• Meets regularly with research purchasing staff and Manager of Research and Core Services.
• Manages oversight of research procard.
• Manages gift cards purchased for clinical research studies and works with purchasers and research teams.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions.

• Normal Office Environment

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at desk or table.
• Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement.

Equipment

• Office equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.

Certifications/Professional Licenses:

No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience:

Relevant Experience (3 Years)

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

 

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Certifications/Professional Licenses:

No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Work Experience:

No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Skills:

Business Operations, Financial Transactions, Monthly Reconciliations

Grade

G10

Salary Range

$49,700.00 - $82,100.00 / Annually

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

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